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- Summary: The sixth full-length studio release for the pop singer-songwriter features a guest appearance from Dolly Parton.
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- Record Label: RCA
- Genre(s): Pop, Vocal, Pop/Rock
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I never came to the beach, or stood by the ocean I never sat by the shore, under the sun with my feet in the sand But you brought me here And I'm... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 4 out of 17
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Mixed: 10 out of 17
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Negative: 3 out of 17
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Sep 27, 2017Who knows which Miley Cyrus will emerge after the rootsy and real Younger Now, but we recommend enjoying Country Miley for as long as she lasts.
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Sep 28, 2017The songs are deliberately low-affect, if short on personality compared to her other albums. But the attention-getter is the finale "Inspired," where she writes a folksy country ballad to express some of her fears about climate change, with the opening lines, "I'm writing down my dreams/All I'd like to see/Starting with the bees." In this context, it's refreshing to hear from the Old Weird Miley again.
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Oct 4, 2017It's the sound of a promising young singer who tried and failed to produce compelling music on the margins, turning back and self-consciously striking a more conservative pose. It's not as interesting a story, maybe, but it's also not as problematic.
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Sep 29, 2017Cyrus’ voice has scarcely been more expressive, and there’s no question that she means what she sings. That said, you might long for a more inspired metaphor (or eight).
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Oct 4, 2017Where her past albums felt messy but painfully sincere, Younger Now comes off as safe and overly sanitized, with the frisson that made Cyrus a star all but entirely blasted away. ... Still, the album has some plainly good songs.
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Oct 2, 2017Just as things seem a little promising, the limp “Thinkin'” struts in like a Carrie Underwood c-side and firmly sets the tone for the record’s toothless closing third.
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Oct 12, 2017Younger Now is a hookless, joyless, profitable success.
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Positive: 142 out of 203
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Mixed: 30 out of 203
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Negative: 31 out of 203
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